Lighthouses

Kate began assisting her father with tasks around the station as a small child. By age 12, she had assumed all the duties her father could not accomplish due to his physical limitations and was, for all practical purposes, the lighthouse keeper.

It was at Guanica on a stormy night in 1914 that Domingo Suarez witnessed a pilot boat capsize beyond the mouth of the bay. Without hesitation, he jumped into the water and assisted the boat’s crew to safety, earning a U.S. Lighthouse Service commendation.